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Re: SURVEY: Idiomatic Expressions In Your ConLang Or ConCulture

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Sunday, November 20, 2005, 13:12
Quoting tomhchappell <tomhchappell@...>:


> German's "Krankhaus" meaning "hospital" comes from "sick"+"house", > doesn't it? > I know German's Western, but I don't know how they say a "sick" > building.
I don't recall the German for a sick house, but in Swedish you get _sjukhus_ "hospital", _sjukt hus_ "sick house". Andreas

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Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>